BODY-IN-WHITE QUALITY CONTROL

Inline BIW Surface Inspection
That Never Misses a Defect

Welding, hemming, framing, and fastening introduce unpredictable surface defects. Robolaunch Vision AI delivers continuous, inline BIW inspection with micron-level accuracy, ensuring body integrity and stabilizing downstream paint quality — without slowing the line.

FEATURES

Key Capabilities of Body Shop
Vision AI Surface Inspection

Smarter Surface Quality Control
for Body Shop
Starts Here

Achieve reliable BIW cosmetic defect detection even on unpainted, reflective, and noise-heavy body panels. Our Vision AI solution is built specifically for the complex conditions of Body Shop, ensuring accurate inline inspection without disrupting cycle times — and fully adaptable to your plant’s inspection targets and layout.

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1. Accurate Cosmetic Defect Detection

Detects dents, dings, bumps, weld spatter, and other BIW cosmetic defects on unpainted metal with high reliability.

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2. Noise-Resistant AI for BIW Surfaces

AI filters out oil marks, reflections, weld heat tint, and other Body Shop noise — reducing false positives.

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3. Multi-Angle Surface Coverage

Configurable cameras capture side panels, roofs, door outers, and curved BIW surfaces with consistent accuracy.

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4. Synthetic-Data-Enhanced Detection

AI trained with synthetic BIW defect data ensures stable performance across models, lighting, and surface variations.

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5. Real-Time Inline Inspection

GPU-powered inference enables millisecond OK/NOK decisions without slowing welding or framing cycle times.

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6. Modular Hardware for Any Cell Layout

Install on left, right, roof, or full-tunnel configurations to match your Body Shop’s inspection scope and layout.

PAIN POINTS

Body Shop Is Where
Cosmetic Defects Are Hardest to See

In the Body Shop, unpainted BIW panels move quickly through welding, framing, and assembly stations. Their shiny reflective surfaces, heat marks, welding artifacts, and panel distortions make cosmetic defects extremely difficult to detect manually. Without automated inspection, dents, dings, bumps, weld spatter, and surface irregularities easily slip through — only to be discovered later in Paint Shop or final assembly, where fixing them becomes far costlier.

Most Cosmetic Defects Form in Body Shop

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Unpainted BIW panels reflect light and hide small dents or bumps, and fast welding/framing steps create cosmetic damage operators easily miss.

Operators can Catch <40% of Cosmetic Defects

Technician using a flashlight to manually inspect a body-in-white vehicle on an automotive body shop production line, highlighting traditional surface quality and weld-check processes.

Body Shop lighting, reflectivity, and ergonomics make manual inspection unreliable — subtle defects blend in and high throughput prevents thorough checks.

Missed Defects Become 5–20× Costlier Later

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Repairing dents, spatter, or distorted panels becomes far more costly in Paint Shop or final assembly, often requiring repainting, rework, or scrapping.

Weld & Fixture Variability Introduce Hidden Defects

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Weld heat, fixture drift, and robot wear introduce small but critical distortions that go unnoticed until Paint Shop reveals them.

DEFECTS CLASSES

AI Detection for All Critical
Body Shop Cosmetic Defects

Body Shop operations introduce recurring surface issues such as micro-dents, dings, weld spatter, heat tint, fixture marks, and subtle panel distortions that are extremely difficult to catch on unpainted, reflective BIW metal.

Our solution accurately detects all major Body-in-White cosmetic defects at line speed, helping manufacturers prevent rework, repaint, scrap, and downstream quality failures before parts move into Paint Shop.

HOW?

Custom-Tuned AI Models
for Reliable Body Shop Inspection

Every Body Shop is different — lighting, panel geometry, vehicle mix, and defect patterns vary from plant to plant.
To achieve consistent and reliable cosmetic defect detection, our AI models are customized to your exact environment before deployment. Here’s how we tailor the system for accurate results from day one:

STEP 1 | Understand Your Real Production Conditions

We collect sample defects, analyze your BIW panel shapes and surface reflections, and measure lighting and conveyor conditions. This ensures the AI understands your factory’s unique visual signature.

STEP 2 | Create Synthetic Defects to Train the Model

We build a digital twin of your vehicle panels and generate thousands of realistic micro-defect variations (dent, bump, ripple, waviness) under your exact lighting and angles.This lets the AI learn how defects truly appear in your line — not in a generic dataset.

STEP 3 | Deploy, Calibrate & Optimize On-Site

We install the camera–lighting system, deploy the optimized model on your industrial edge PC, and calibrate everything for your takt time and visual environment.

Reliable results require tailored AI — and we handle the entire process.

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CONFIGURATIONS

Modular Inspection Options
for BIW Surface Quality

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